Senior Systems Engineer, Pressurized Lunar Rover

Mclaurin Aerospace • Houston, TX

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Are you passionate about human space exploration, understanding the origins of the universe, and working with a passionate and diverse team to make a difference? If you are, we need you!
We need your talent, teamwork, and energy to help us achieve great things that inspire people all over the globe. We need you to bring creative ideas and diverse backgrounds to help us envision, shape, and deliver systems that will enable the exploration of space while benefiting people here on Earth. We are excited about what we do, and we need you on our team as we take on exciting challenges for NASA's pursuits in deep space exploration.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Systems Engineer, Pressurized Lunar Rover to join our JETS II contract team at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX.
If selected you will:
Serve as a Senior Systems Engineer for the Pressurized Lunar Rover, acting as the technical lead for requirements and MBSE activities across the SE team.
Provide technical direction and mentorship to junior and mid-level systems engineers, ensuring consistent application of systems engineering best practices.
Provide technical leadership for requirements development, allocation, flow-down, and traceability across Pressurized Lunar Rover systems and subsystems.
Develop, review, and maintain system and subsystem specifications, including Interface Requirements Documents (IRDs) and Interface Control Documents (ICDs).
Own and manage requirements baselines using requirements management tools such as Jama and DOORS Next Generation (DNG).
Apply Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) methods to support architecture definition, functional decomposition, interface definition, and requirements traceability.
Ensure requirements are clear, verifiable, and testable, and aligned with project architecture and mission objectives.
Provide technical leadership for the development and review of verification plans, verification matrices, and verification reports.
Coordinate with integration, discipline, and test engineers to resolve requirements issues and close verification gaps.
Support major lifecycle reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, etc.) from a requirements, MBSE, and verification perspective.
Participate in technical decision-making, trade studies, and risk assessments impacting requirements and system architecture.
Qualifications:
This position has been posted at multiple levels. Depending on the candidate's experience, requirements, and business needs, we reserve the right to consider candidates at any level for which this position has been advertised.
Typically requires a minimum of a bachelor's degree in Engineering and may be expected to have a related master's degree and normally possess 10-15 years of related experience.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering from an accredited institution.
• Demonstrated experience in systems engineering for complex aerospace or spaceflight systems, including:
• System architecture development
• Requirements definition, allocation, and management
• Design trades and system analysis
• Technical risk identification and mitigation
• Experience supporting certification of human spaceflight hardware or similarly rigorous safety-critical systems.
• Strong understanding of risk management, verification, and validation, including requirements-based verification planning.
• Hands-on experience with requirements management tools, such as Jama and IBM DOORS / DOORS Next Generation (DNG).
• Practical experience applying Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) concepts and tools (e.g., SysML-based modeling).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts clearly.
• Proven ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team environment.
• High attention to detail with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Familiarity with SharePoint and Microsoft Office products.
• US Citizenship and the ability to pass a comprehensive security background investigation is required.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in spaceflight systems engineering, including the successful delivery of spaceflight hardware through qualification and acceptance.
• Experience serving as a senior contributor or technical lead within a systems engineering team.
• Working knowledge of NASA and JSC systems engineering standards and practices, including:
• Safety and human-rating requirements
• Fault tolerance and reliability principles
• Discipline-specific integration considerations
• Familiarity with NASA/JSC documentation repositories, configuration-controlled databases, and standard systems engineering products.
• Prior experience supporting or participating in program-level technical review boards (e.g., SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, FRR).

Responsibilities

• Serve as a Senior Systems Engineer for the Pressurized Lunar Rover, acting as the technical lead for requirements and MBSE activities across the SE team.
• Provide technical direction and mentorship to junior and mid-level systems engineers, ensuring consistent application of systems engineering best practices.
• Provide technical leadership for requirements development, allocation, flow-down, and traceability across Pressurized Lunar Rover systems and subsystems.
• Develop, review, and maintain system and subsystem specifications, including Interface Requirements Documents (IRDs) and Interface Control Documents (ICDs).
• Own and manage requirements baselines using requirements management tools such as Jama and DOORS Next Generation (DNG).
• Apply Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) methods to support architecture definition, functional decomposition, interface definition, and requirements traceability.
• Ensure requirements are clear, verifiable, and testable, and aligned with project architecture and mission objectives.
• Provide technical leadership for the development and review of verification plans, verification matrices, and verification reports.
• Coordinate with integration, discipline, and test engineers to resolve requirements issues and close verification gaps.
• Support major lifecycle reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, etc.) from a requirements, MBSE, and verification perspective.
• Participate in technical decision-making, trade studies, and risk assessments impacting requirements and system architecture.

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Positive work-life balance
• 100% Employer paid insurance including: Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment, short-term disability, and long-term disability
• 11 paid holidays annually
• Generous PTO
• 401k after 12 months of service with employer match
• Education assistance
• Relocation assistance (if applicable)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level